Privacy Policy

1. Introduction & Data Controller Identity

This Privacy Policy outlines how your personal data is collected, used, and protected when you interact with our School and enroll in our courses.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the "Data Controller" responsible for processing your personal information is:

For our full legal disclosure, please see our Impressum.

2. Data We Collect & How We Collect It

We only collect personal information that is necessary to provide you with our educational services. We collect this data when you create an account, purchase a course, or communicate with us.

• Account Information: Name and email address.
• Course Data: Your progress, quiz results, and login timestamps.
• Financial Information: Please note that we do not directly collect or store your credit card details. All payments are securely processed by our platform provider and Merchant of Record, Teachable, Inc.
• Technical Data: IP addresses, browser types, and device information automatically collected by our hosting platform for security and analytics.

3. Purposes and Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds defined in Art. 6(1) of the GDPR:

• Fulfillment of a Contract (Art. 6(1)(b)): To create your account, grant you access to the purchased course materials, and provide customer support.
• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): If you voluntarily subscribe to our newsletter or promotional emails, we process your email address based on your explicit consent. You may withdraw this consent at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in our emails.
• Legitimate Interests (Art. 6(1)(f)): To analyze user behavior in aggregate to improve our courses, and to ensure the security and functionality of the School.

4. Data Sharing and Third-Party Processors

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information. We only share your data with trusted third-party service providers ("Data Processors") necessary to run our business:

• Teachable, Inc.: Our School is hosted on the Teachable platform. Teachable provides the infrastructure for course delivery, user management, and payment processing. By using this School, your data is stored on Teachable's servers, which are primarily located in the United States.
• International Data Transfers: To protect your data during transfers outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we rely on Teachable’s compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and legally binding Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) containing Standard Contractual Clauses.

5. Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with our services. If you request account deletion, we will erase your personal data unless we are legally required to retain certain transaction records for tax or accounting purposes under German law.

6. Your Privacy Rights (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following explicit rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Rectification: You can ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You can request the deletion of your account and personal data by contacting us or emailing privacy@teachable.com.
• Right to Restrict Processing: You can ask us to suspend the processing of your data.
• Right to Data Portability: You can request your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
• Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your data for direct marketing or legitimate interests.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@kaupenjoe.net. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority in your country of residence or in Germany.

7. Cookies

Our platform host, Teachable, uses essential cookies necessary for the website to function (such as keeping you logged in). For detailed information on the specific cookies used by the platform, please refer to Teachable’s comprehensive Cookie Policy.

8. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices or legal obligations. We will notify you of any significant changes by updating the date at the top of this policy or sending an email notification.